Shoe heel



A. WEISS.

snol; HEEL. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9| 1920.

1,409,983, Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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UNITED STATES ABRAHAM WEISS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE HEEL.

Specification o' Letters Patent. Patented 31:31, 2]., 1922,

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 357,481.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that. I. kunnnen lVEIss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and' State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Heels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its principal object to provide an entire heel. or a heel plate, engageable with a boot, shoe or like article, to which is detachablysecured an outer lift or wear encountering element, thereby providing means for interchanging or renewing such parts as they become worn or for other reason is desirable.

A further object is to provide means whereby such lifts may be replaced in an easy and convenient manner and without the necessity of employing a cobbler.

Another object is to provide such devices comprised of a hollow metallic frame containing a flexible tread, thereby avoiding jar, noise and slipping incidental to metal contacting surfaces, and having openings for 'any moisture that may enter between the heel and the sole to pass out through the base or tread plate.

These objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this specification, and in which Fig. 1. is a side elevational View of a common type of shoe having a heel made in accordance with the invention, showing the nails clinched to the sole.

Fig. 2. is an enlarged vertical sectional view of one form of heel, the section being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3. is a bottom plan view of the heel.

Fig. Il. is a top view showing the spider or bridge.

Fig. 5. is an enlarged fragmentary view of inner and outer lifts with attachment screw.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a conventional type of womens shoe or pump is shown in Fig. 1, comprised of an upper 10, shank l1, and sole 12, as usual.

The heel comprising a body or main element 15 secured to the shoe sole 12 is preferably cast from light, strong metal, as aluminum, and contains in its main upper portion a cored chamber 16 open at the top While near the bottom is a perforate parti tion or spider 17 containing an approximately central, screw threaded opening 18.

Below the spider 1T is anundercut tapered of walls 2O and a fiat headed screw 23 engaging the opening 18.

The outer lift, or tread plate 25, contains an opening 26, in register with the screw 23 but of smaller diameter than the screw head 23 and is firmly seated against the wall 20, it also makes intimate contact with the inner lift 22 which acts as a buffer or cushion, and to which it is secured by a plurality of nails 27, driven through both of the lifts and clinched against the spider or partition 17, thus holding the structure rmly together. i

When it is desired to remove or renew the outer lift, a screw driver is inserted through the opening 26 and both lifts, as a unit, taken from the metal body so that replacement can be easily effected, the head" 23 of the screw being larger than the opening, 26, causes it to press against the outer lift and thus forces both the inner and outer lift out of the metal body, when the screw is rotated in one direction, and clamps the inner lift when turned in the other direction. i

It will be understood that the exterior of the heel or heel plate may be japanued or otherwise given a permanent colored of surface conforming to the color the shoe with which it will be engaged so as to present a neat and satisfactory appearance.

It will further be evident that the inner lift its edges 22 and, which is tapered at 22; the outer lift 25 with the fiat head of the countersunk screw 23, can be nailed together, as at 2'?, forming units, which may be carried in stock, purchased and applied as described.

It is within the province of this invention to construct the lifts of rubber, leather, cork, felt or any composition possessing inherent elasticity sufficient to conform to the recess and of suitable wea-ring qualities.

vIt is evident that although I have specithe saine, as such changes and modifications may be made as clearly fall Within the scope of my invention Without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described nly invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent iszl. A shoe heel comprising a hollow metal body having a recess in its lower portion, an inner expandible lift in the recess, an outer lift having a cylindrical opening and a screw having e bevelled underhead element for expanding the inner lift, said screw head exceeding in diameterv the opening in said outer lift, against which it ebuts.

2. A shoe heel comprising a hollow metal body having a recess in its lower portion, a perforate partition at the bottom ot said recess, an expandible inner litt in seid recess, a screw having an expanding element passing partially through said inner lift into said partition, an outer lii't7 and ineens for securing the inner and outer litts together after assembling, said outer lift havingr a cylindrical opening of'lesser diameter than the head of seid screw through which the screw can be operated, said head ahnttino` against the margin of the opening.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specitication.

ABRAHAM VVE-ISS. 

